Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30
HUGH s. GARA'S SERVICES.
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Mr.. Hugh T. Cara was nrst elecisd msms
ber of tho board Of school dirsctoss On the lth
Of Dscember. 1852, 70 fiu the unexpirsd term
OF william Carpenter, esq., whose seat wss
declared vacated by reason Of his absence
from ,he meetings Of the board without o..
cuse. On the 7th " May, 1883, Mr. Cara Wa
unanimously elect. secretary OF the board,
In place oi WIN Wiley, whose torn he'd
expired, and who declined 70 election. Mr..
Cara wss re- elected secretary from year 10
year, and served until the 4th Of July, 1857,
whom Mr.. 9ArA's term of memborship having
expired, Col. +. =. Pyfer was elected his sue.
ceasor. At this meeting DR.. Carpenter offered
. resolution that the thanks oi tho board b
rendered 70 II. n Cara for the able, correct
aud courteous manner In which no had dis.
charged the duties srpertaining N the ofiics
OF secretary. The resolution was uuaui.
mously adopted.
II II To be regretted thst no ofiiciai record
Of the proceedings Of tho board Of directors
during tho four years Mr.. Cara IVES secretary,
aud the first year Of Col Pyfer's secretary.
ship can to found. Mr.. Cara declares that
heentered the minutes Of tho hoard In abook
kept Tor the purpose, and placed them In the
hands Of his successor. His state
ment taken In connection with the
above resolution offered by Dr. Carpenter
aud adopted by tho board, leave no doubt
that no WAS . good and faithful secretary; and
u these proofs were not enough the feet that
he has been and II tho secretary Of several
Masonic and other organizations, and that
his records are no carefully kept that he IL
unanimously reelected from year 70 year,
will satisfy any ono that he In not responsible
for ha lnss nf ths in nj m ha schnnl frard
from May, 1868. to September, 1868.
Mr.. Cara had been out OF the board only
month when on the lst OF August 1857 ho
WAS again elected Q member 10 al vacancy
caused by the iedgnAti0n Of Con. Geo NJ.
Stsinman. lie remained IN active member Of
tho visiting committees until February 1858,
when President Brinton promoted hun 70 .
place on the experimenting committee. Al
tho election for thirty six school directors on
March q, 1868, Mr. Cara was elected for two
ysArA On the l2th oi October, 1869. he il 70.
ported rs having been again elected for two
years, and again plsctd on the superinteud.
Ing cotnmittse. lie served until october
ISL, when h- permanently retired from the
board.
SKETCH or HIS LIFE
Hugh s. Cara was born March %, 1919, In
East Lsmpetsr township. Lancaster county.
He was left an orphan 1t . very early ego,
his father, Patrick Cars, having been acciden.
tally killed at . bATn.rsistug In the neighbor.
hood. Young Cara ~as sent by his mother
to country school kept by . man named
Robinson, under whose guidance he rapidly
learned the use Of the birch and isru'e.
He Afterwards went to school to IN excellent
teacher, Mr.. Gilbert the father OF Howard
Gilbert, who few years ago was . toschor In
tho Lancaster high school. On quitting
srhorl rouuv 4. IN taFesl tha atnra of Iarnan
whitehall, IN S,rasburg borough, - an a.
sistant, and afterwards was employed In the
store Of David Si,rk, In The same borough,
whore he acquired a fair insight into nercan.
tils alters lie ihsn c.us to Lancaster aud
WAS employed inr soms tine ia the dry goods
store of George B Mukisy, corner Of East
King and Dnks streets
Leaving Msrkiey's he wa for three years
employed =, msnsger OF BON 4 Cockley's
foundry. Some time Afterwards hs went
into partnership with David Cockley In tho
mercantile business on East King s!reet; 10
the building no" owned aud used ny fhiiip
D"rsom as carriage factory. ho aiter.
wards bought out MI Cock ley :" interest," ana
carried on tbe business on his own account
In 1850 no became engaged in tho insur'
snce business which he has carried ON very
successfully until the present time' being the
local a2en, OF half dozen companies whose
aggregate assets are nearly S.5,Oo0.Ooa
IN POLITICS AND BUsISEs>
In politics Mr q ara wa, An oli.ims Whig
and subsequently, . Republican OF rather
moderate typa lie wss elected . member
OF the board OF prison Inspectors by the
Wings and held the office for about nine
years aud WAS for several years treasurer Of
the board.
For the past eighteen years he has been .
notary public. He was for two years secre.
tsry OF the old Board OF Trade and is mem.
bsr OF the new board. He has been president
for the psst eleven years OF the Union Build.
ing association. Tie wss for several yesrs
president OF the Lancaster Watch company
and retained an interest in Il after II wss re.
organized. He 10 still . stocSh,ider In II
since It has again been re organized - the
Keystone Watch company.
Mr.. Cara IL u Presbyterian and pillar oil